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C4d: Good or Bad?. C4b. C4b. C4. C4b. C4d. C4d. C4b. C1qrs. Factor I. C2. Saadi et al. J Exp Med 182: 1807, 1995. How to Detect Humoral Rejection. Dysfunction of graft Anti-donor antibodies in the blood Ig deposits Complement deposits Platelet count Fibrin RBC morphology.
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C4b C4b C4 C4b C4d C4d C4b C1qrs Factor I C2
How to Detect Humoral Rejection Dysfunction of graft Anti-donor antibodies in the blood Ig deposits Complement deposits Platelet count Fibrin RBC morphology
What Could Be Good About C4d? Complement, particularly C4, inhibits humoral immunity Complement removes immune complexes C4d blocks reactive sites Complement repairs endothelium Complement and/or Ab induces Accommodation
Regulation of Humoral Immunity by C4 and its Receptors CR2 (C4b receptor) suppresses auto-immunity C4 Facilitates clearance of immune complexes SLE associated with C4 deficiency C4 deficiency Impairs clearance of apoptotic cells
Healthy EC Sick EC Complement Removes Immune Complexes
Normal Lung Transplanted Lung
vWF C3 Liver Spleen
Complement Repairs Endothelium Saadi and Platt J Exp Med 181: 21, 1995
C4 C4b C4d C4d C4d C4d C4d C4d C4d Complement Bocks Reactive Sites
Accommodation Anti-A titer 1:64
No Complement Complement Pre-treated
Ca2+ Ca2+ Ca2+ C5a ? MAC MAC Gi Raf Ras Ca2+ Raf JAK STAT Gi STAT Gq ADENYL CYCLASE PLCb2 STAT PI-3K Atk STAT PLCb2 MEK-1 PI-3K cAMP DAG IP3 DAG ERK-1 S6k ERK-1 PKC Ca2+ PKC Nucleus
Caveats of Accommodation May allow organ to survive long enough to acquire chronic rejection May fail to avert whatever causes chronic rejection May cause chronic rejection
MASP C1rs MBP C1q H C3b Bb
Acute Vascular Rejection Organ Transplantation Cellular Rejection Chronic Rejection Hyperacute Rejection Accommodation
C4d deposition in peritubular capillaries Collins BA, et. al. JASN 10:2208, 2000
C4d: Good or Bad? How C4d helps How complement harms How complement benefits
The Need for C4d Kidneys absorb Ig very well Bound Ig disappears by endocytosis and shedding Some Ig binds “non-specifically”
IgM Binding Lung Heart